The north-east of England has the highest rate of child poverty of anywhere in the UK, for the first time overtaking London as the nation’s hotspot for hardship and deprivation, new analysis... Read more »
A man’s body has been discovered by a lake in a northeast London beauty spot. Police were called to the Hollow Ponds, in Leytonstone after the grim discovery at 8.30am on Tuesday.... Read more »
An occupant of a northeast London apartment building had to be taken to hospital following a fire Tuesday evening. Emergency crews were called to 750 Kipps Lane for a blaze on the... Read more »
T he body of a pensioner has been recovered from the River Lea in north-east London. The man, aged in his 70s, was found in the water close to Harrington Hill in... Read more »
SURGE testing and genomic sequencing will happen in the North-East after a case of the extremely infectious South African variant of coronavirus was found, it has been confirmed. A Department for Health... Read more »
William Dillwyn, a co-ordinator of the British abolitionist and anti-slavery campaign, was born in Pennsylvania in 1743 and lived in Walthamstow (Blackhorse Lane) from 1777 until his death in 1824. A devout... Read more »
